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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Basic Psychology for Human Resource Practitioners
SJ KRUGER & J STEYN
This work provides an overview of basic psychology and introduces students to personnel management. In personnel management at higher education institutions. The first seven chapters deal with the psychology of individual behaviour. Phenomena such as individual differences, human abilities, personality and the learning process are covered in depth. Chapters eight to thirteen comment on the socio-psychological aspects of human behaviour, including attitudes, roles and groups. The book ends with a review of the historical development of human resource management, its present status and personnel functions.
KEY FEATURES
• Gives study objectives for each chapter, listing specific outcomes
• Provides definitions and illustrative examples
• Supported by tables, diagrams and cartoons to reinforce learning
• Includes summaries that bring together core concepts
• Incorporates self-evaluation exercises, integrating knowledge and practice
• Offers a comprehensive list of references, encouraging further learning.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Mr S J Kruger worked as a chief researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council previously and is at present a contract lecturer at the Departments of Human Resource Management and Psychology at the University of South Africa. He is the co-author of a book on Research Methodology as well as the author of published work on personnel management, organisational climate and several reports on attitude-studies.
Janie Steyn is the Head of Programme in the Commerce Faculty and manager for the BComHons programmes at Midrand Graduate Institute. She is also lecturing Organisational Behaviour for the BComHons programme. She holds an MPhil (Leadership in Performance and Change) from the University of Johannesburg. She started her academic career in Potchefstroom where she obtained a BCom degree cum laude at the North-West University, after which she studied through the University of South Africa for her BComHons.
SUITABLE FOR
First-year students in Personnel Management/Human Resource Management
978 1 48510 275 5 978 1 48510 471 1 978 1 48511 531 1 2e 2015
400 PAGES
ZAR R540.00 ZAR R504.00 ZAR R504.00
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